: the act of ridiculing : derision, mockery
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Examples of ridicule in a Sentence
She didn't show anyone her artwork for fear of ridicule.
the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule
Recent Examples of ridicule from the Web
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Kiffin has gone through his share of ridicule during his coaching tenure.
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Get our daily newsletter Scarcely had a storm of social-media ridicule died down before Mr Deb stirred it again with some impromptu remarks on beauty pageants.
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Then, social-media users turned to the predictable forms of ridicule that would appear on platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook.
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If the 30-year-old McGee keeps playing like this, Shaquille O’Neal should be forced to share a round of all these first-round highlights for the national television audience as a way of making up for all those years of ridicule.
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Peace xx Hathaway is no stranger to unsolicited public ridicule.
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The comments drew ridicule from physicians, among others, who assured Santorum that learning CPR wouldn't save victims of a mass shooting.
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Yet, some braggadocio was so off the mark as to risk ridicule.
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Signing up to work with him mostly seems to invite ridicule and unceremonious firing.
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Origin and Etymology of ridicule
French or Latin; French, from Latin ridiculum jest
ridicule Synonyms
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ridiculer
nounExamples of ridicule in a Sentence
The other kids ridiculed him for the way he dressed.
They ridiculed all of her suggestions.
Recent Examples of ridicule from the Web
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Though the work was replicated by some other labs, McConnell’s work was largely ridiculed and is often described as a cautionary tale because so much time and money was spent by other labs trying, often unsuccessfully, to replicate the work.
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Every few years, the comedian picked as the evening's main event gives a controversial performance, mocking and ridiculing Beltway mainstays both in and outside the ballroom.
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This line of thinking, as ridiculed by John Oliver, is an extremely harmful barrier in overcoming income inequality.
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Back in 1969, Haggard penned Okie From Muskogee, a hymn of pride for rural Americans who felt ridiculed by the counterculture.
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Things quickly got dicey when Breakfast Club host, DJ Envy, called out the duo for previously ridiculing him and his wife during their appearance on the daytime show The Real.
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Hard to imagine it now, but the Laker Girls were mocked and ridiculed by traditionalist teams like the Boston Celtics, whose fans wore T-shirts in their barn while Forum fans (the women) wore cocktail dresses and fur coats.
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The ponchos have been ridiculed and criticized on social media.
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In American politics, and through the lens of political media, changes in opinion or position are ridiculed and attacked at least as often than they are unpacked and appreciated.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ridicule.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of ridicule
1680
ridicule Synonyms
Synonyms
deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, scout, shoot down, skewer;
Related Words
scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at);
bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down;
jive, josh, kid, quiz, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit;
bait, bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment;
ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty;
Phrases
make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on;
Synonym Discussion of ridicule
ridicule, deride, mock, taunt mean to make an object of laughter of. ridicule implies a deliberate often malicious belittling.
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- consistently ridiculed everything she said
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- derided their efforts to start their own business
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- youngsters began to mock the helpless wino
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- hometown fans taunted the visiting team
RIDICULE Defined for English Language Learners
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: the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : harsh comments made by people who are laughing at someone or something
ridicule
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: to laugh at and make jokes about (someone or something) in a cruel or harsh way : to make fun of (someone or something)
RIDICULE Defined for Kids
: the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : mean or unkind comments or behavior
ridiculed;
ridiculing
: to make fun of in a cruel or harsh way
- They ridiculed the idea.
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